I would like to draw your kind attention to the following few lines for your kind consideration and favourable action:-

A.Posts of Key-Punch-Operators (KPO) were created in different Pay and Accounts Offices of CBEC setup by downgrading the posts of Accountants in the year 1985/86. The persons recruited against those posts had been initially placed in the pay scale of Rs. 950-1500 with a special pay of Rs. 40/-(Rupees Forty only).

B.After implementation of recommendations of 4th CPC, the posts of KPOS were re-designated as Data Entry Operators (DEOs) Grade 'A' and placed in the Pay Scale of Rs. 1150-1500 with effect from 11.09.1989. The date of effect was however, subsequently changed to 01.01.1986 by your office on the basis of the judgment passed by the Pr.CAT, New Delhi in this respect.

C.After the 5th Pay Commission, DEOs were granted the scale of Rs. 4000-6000 from 01.01.1996 instead of pay scale of Rs. 3050-4590, the replacement pay scale of Rs. 1150-1500.

D.Against 1st Financial Up-gradation under ACP Scheme 1999, DEOs were placed in the scale of Rs. 4500-7000. Subsequently they have been granted Grade Pay of Rs. 2800 with Pay in the PB-I (Rs. 5200-20200) being the replacement scale of Rs. 4500-7000 under CCS (Revise Pay) Rules, 2007. Further

E.The DEOs have been granted grade Pay of Rs. 4200 in the PB-II (Rs. 9300-34800) as 2nd Financial Up-gradation under MACP scheme with effect from 01.09.2008. Both the Grade Pay of Rs. 2800 & 4200 identify the erstwhile hierarchy in the post of UDC/Accountant/Auditor in the Pre-Revise Pay Scale.

F.The existing provisions of the Recruitment rules of DEO do not provide any scope for their career advancement. None of the DEOs have ever been promoted to next higher grade from the date of their initial recruitment – which is the exceptional situation for the cadre. In order to remove this stalemate in the career prospects of DEOs, this Association has been demanding for last two decades to merge this cadre with the cadre of Accountant/Senior Accountant not only on the ground that DEOs should have promotional benefits but due to the fact that functionally DEOs are not required in the Civil Accounts Organization as majority of them have been deployed in such type of works which are generally done by the Accountant/ Sr. Accountants.

G.Job evaluation of a post is the primary criterion for determination of pay scale for the post and not educational qualification. Methodology followed by all Commission/Committee for determination of Pay Scale appears to be scientific as main determination factor is the job content of the particular post. It has been noted that the 6th Central Pay Commission took opinion of some specialized institutions in this regard. According to views of such institutions the question of educational qualification, experience etc. arises at a later stage at the time of framing of Recruitment Rules for the particular post. To regulate the promotion in different cadres of the by the Government Departments such procedure is being followed. Similarly, for promotion from the feeder grade of DEO Grade "A" in the pay scale of Rs. 1150-1500 to Grade B in the pay scale of Rs. 1350-2200 there is no condition of possessing a Degree.

H.In this context it may be stated here that the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) had started functioning in the 1990s under the control of CGA and the DEO's in the office concerned were recruited from February 1990 onwards. The DEO's in this office were directly recruited in the Pay Scale of Rs. 1150-1500 as DEO Grade 'A'. Out of 49 DEO's listed in the Office only 10 had joined in CPAO in February, 1990. Remaining DEO's joined thereafter. In the Central Pension Accounting Office DEO Grade "A" and DEO Grade "B" were granted the scale of Rs. 1350-2200 from the date of their initial appointment.Since the Pay and Accounts Offices of CBEC and Central Pension Accounting Office are under the control of the Controller General of Accounts for all purpose and as par the recruitment rules DEOs framed by CGA, the service conditions of DEOs of CBEC and CPAO are one and the same, there cannot be two different set of pay scales for the DEOs working these two setups.

I.Further, the Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) has granted the Pay Scale of Rs. 1350-2200 DEO to Grade 'A' from 01.01.1986. The Defence Accounts is a part of Organized Accounting Services and pay scales of all cadres of Defence Accounts Department and Civil Accounts organization are same. As such the DEOs should not have different pay scales in two departments.

Therefore, on behalf of this Association, I request you to kindly consider the above discussed facts and bring the DEOs of CBEC set up on par with the DEOs of CPAO of Civil Accounts organization and the Defence Accounts Department by granting them the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.1350 – 2200 with effect from 01-01-1986.

This Association shall be thankful if an early favourable response to this letter is given.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

DECISIONS OF EXTENDED FEDERAL EXECUTIVE MEETING

The extended Federal Executive meeting of the
National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations was held in Delhi on 3rd
& 4th October 2012. Majority of the Federal Executive Members and
representatives of the Branches invited were present in the meeting.

Agenda item No. 1.
Review of the decisions last meeting:-

At the very outset, the meeting reviewed the
decisions of last extended Federal Executive meeting held on 26th
July 2012 in Delhi. The performance of Civil Accounts Employees in the call of
March to Parliament on 26th July 2012 was reviewed by the meeting.
It was observed by the meeting that the targeted number of participants set by
the 5th Federal Council meeting held at Pune on 15th
& 16th June 2012 could not be achieved. Altogether 400 participants were there against
the targeted number of 600. No Branch except A. P. Branch could send the number
of participants allotted. Some Branches/Stations/ Units did not depute a single
person even. After detailed discussion, the house had concluded that,
organizational weakness is the cause behind the inability of NFCAA to fulfill
its quota. While expressing opinion in this respect the Federal Executive members
and representatives of the Branches had mentioned about the financial
constraint of the Branches on account of reduction in membership and also a
general reluctance of the employees in the organizational activity.

The meeting had unanimously
decided to overcome the weakness and take corrective measures for improvement
of the performance of the Civil Accounts Employees in the future activities.

Agenda item No:-2.
Decision of Confederation - strike call on 12/12/2012 in support of 15 point
charter of demands- preparation & implementation thereof.

The meeting discussed
the item at length. Com. K. K. N. Kutty, Secretary General, Confederation had
attended the extended Federal Executive meeting and addressed the house. Through his hour long speech, Com. Kutty
explained the reasons for making the strike on 12th December 2012 a
success. He dealt on the core issues behind the 15 points Charter of Demands of
confederation. It was explained by him that the charter of demands we have
adopted is the product of the wrong and antiworker polices of the Government of
India. Workers of this country are fighting against the policies of the Government since
1991. We should make the strike on 12th December 2012 a grand
success so that we are able to create pressure on the Government. Com. Kutty
appealed upon the leadership of NFCAA to take their best effort to make the
strike on 12th December 2012 a grand success.

After the deliberations
of Com. K.K. Kutty, the meeting formally endorsed the call of strike on 12th
December 2012 given by the Confederation and appealed upon the Civil Accounts
Employees of the country to prepare, participate and make the strike a grand
success in the Civil Accounts Organization. The meeting decided that, in order
to mobilize the members, following actions shall be taken-

1. A close connection with the COCs of respective stations/states shall be
maintained by the units/Branches.

2. All directives and programmes decided by the COCs shall be implemented by
the units and Branches.

3. Leaders of National Federation of Civil Accounts Associations (NFCAA)
shall undertake extensive tour to different stations and Federation
headquarters shall finalize and circulate the tour programme at the earliest.

As per the
recommendations of the sub-committee, the extended Federal Executive Meeting
discussed and unanimously decided to demand for cadre review before the
authority. The basic proposal is as under.

(Matter of Stenos, PAs etc. to be decided after
discussion with the concerned employees).

60% + 10% of cadre strength augmentation to be proposed giving full
justification on different counts

It has also been decided by the meeting that, before
placing the demand formally before Controller General of Accounts, it shall be
placed before the apex JAC
for its consideration and

Secretary General shall take appropriate steps in this respect.

Agenda item No: - 4. e-payment
& our position

The decisions taken on
this issue in the earlier meetings had been reviewed by the meeting. It was
observed that the issue was not properly carried to the lowest level of the organization
and the consequence of the implementation of e-payment was not explained to the
members. As such the appeal for opposition
to e-payment system did not pick up its tempo and taking advantage of the
situation, authorities have implemented the scheme in large numbers of pay and
Accounts Offices.

After a self critical
analysis of the entire situation, the meeting took following decisions
unanimously –

1. Opposition to the e-payment system shall continue. Units and Branches
shall be pursued to oppose the e-payment system.

2. All Federal Executive members/ Branch/Unit Executives shall ask the
authorities in writing to disburse their payment either in cash or by cheque.

The decisions taken in
the apex JAC meeting held on 26th July 2012 was reported by the
Secretary General in the federal Executive meeting. The apex JAC meeting had
endorsed the call of Strike on 12th December 2012. The said meeting
has decided to formulate following demands-

b) Appoint a joint Committee of Officers and staff representatives of
Federation of IA&AD and other organized Accounts and undertake cadre
review.

As per the directive of apex JAC meeting, the
extended Federal Executive meeting nominated following Comrades as
representatives for manning the local JACs
at

different stations-

STATION

NAME OF PERSON

Mumbai

AICAEA

Com. R.G.Bharne

Com.
R.K.Chaurasia.

AICAEACATII

Com. P.M.Menzes

Com. Rajesh Singh

Hyderabad.

AICAEA

Com. A.Huparikar

Com.A.Azeez

AICAEACATII

Com. A. Srinivas

Com.
P.M.Viswamitra.

Kolkata

AICAEA

Com. Shantanu
Bhattachatrjee

Com. Sukhamay
Biswas

AICAEACATII

Com. Chinmay
Mukhapadhyay

Com. Jaidev Maity

Lucknow

AICAEA

Com.Arjun Singh

Com.Abhay Kumar

AICAECATII

(shall be
nominated by the Branch)

Chennai

AICAEA

Com.B.Sitaram

Com. S.
Venkateshan

AICAEACAT II

Com.Usman Basha

Com.Narashimhan

Cochin

AICAEA

Com. G. K. Nair

Com. P. K. Gopi

AICAEA CAT II

Com. Anil P. George

Com. Pias George

Northeast(Shillong
and Guwahati)

AICAEA

Com. Gautam
Chakraborty

Com. C. K. Banerjee

AICAEACAT II

Com. S. K. Dutta

Com. Bivash Deb

Delhi

AICAEA

Com. S. Bandyopadhyay

Com. Virender
Singh

Com. R.K. Verma

AICAEACATII

Com. A.K. Mehta

Com. Bhagawan
Misra

Ahmedabad

AICAEA

Com.T. A. Makhwana

Com. K.M. Chauhan

AICAEACATII

Com. A.A. Shah

Com. P.M.Viswamitra

Rest of the stations has been directed by the Federal Executive meeting
to nominate the persons and send their names to federation headquarters
immediately.

Agenda item No: -6.
Meeting with CGA- proposal regarding.

To begin with, Secretary
General reported the outcome of the discussion held with CGA on 4th
September 2012. It was observed by the meeting that necessary action against some of the
assurances given by CGA has been initiated by his office. These are placing of transfer orders and other
orders of general interests in the website of CGA, increase in the promotional
quota for Sr. Accountants and repair of the official Accommodation provided to
the Association etc. However, assurances
regarding undoing paycut imposed on a section of the employees by the CA, CBDT,
Mumbai and a few more issues have not been implemented yet.

The punitive measure
imposed on one of the lady members of AICAEA CAT II by the ZAO, CBDT, Hyderabad
for her participation in the General Strike on 28th February 2012
was condemned by the extended Federal Executive meeting. The meeting directed the
(a) Branch concerned to organize protest action against the local authorities
and (b) Federation headquarters to take up the matter with the appropriate
higher authorities.

The meeting also
reviewed the outcome of the discussion held with CCA, Home on 4th July
2012. It was observed that, the authorities have taken an adamant stand of
operating CCTV Cameras inside the office room of PAO, BSF, New Delhi ignoring
the norms in vogue and the privacy of the employees working in the office. The meeting
passed a Resolution protesting the adamancy and autocratic attitude of the
authorities of Ministry of Home Affairs and forwarded the same to the authority
concerned and the CGA demanding immediate removal of the CCTV Cameras from the
office room. The meeting directed the Branch concerned to organize protest
actions in this regard.

The effect of lateral
induction of the persons encadred in the Civil Accounts Organization from PAO,
SSB, PAO, BSF and PAO, CRPF was considered by the meeting. It was agreed by the
meeting that such type of lateral induction into the cadre is bound cause harm
to the seniority of existing employees of the organization. But the meeting
also noted that, large number of persons alongwith their posts have come to the
organization and hence the effect of their lateral induction would be
insignificant. The meeting therefore, decided not to raise the issue any
further in the greater interest and unity of the Civil Accounts Employees.

As regards fixing of
meeting with CGA, the meeting of the Federal Executive authorized Federation
Headquarters to take early necessary action. The meeting also directed Federation
Headquarters to reorient/ reformulate the Charter of Demands with inclusion of
Cadre review and opposition to e-payment and through drooping of some of the
issues stands settled or could be settled through writing letters.

A review report of the decisions taken in the 5th
Federal Council meeting held at Pune on 15th and 16th of
June 2012 was placed by the Secretary General. It was observed that review of
many decisions had been done while dealing with various agenda items of the
meeting. It was however observed that the decisions regarding improvement of
functions of organization, fund position and organizational tours for revival
of defunct Branches etc were not effectively implemented.

As regards
visit different stations is concerned, only a few Federal Executive Members
implemented the decisions. Although
Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand were visited jointly by both Secretary Generals,
Branches have come to existence in Odisha only.

Agenda Item
No. 8. Review of
Organizational position.

It was observed by the meeting that,
at some stations Branches do not exist. From Patna the subscription for AICAEA
CAT II is coming but no subscription is coming from the membership of AICAEA. No
Branch exists in Bihar. More or less similar situations are prevailing at
various other states/stations like Punjab, Jharkhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,
Madya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The Branch in Delhi has gone defunct. . the
newly formed West Delhi and Southend Branch are functioning despite
limitations. Units of some of the
Branches like Karnataka, Nashik are paying subscription and implementing the
directives of the organization but not sending their representatives to the
national level meetings. Units of few Branches like Rajasthan Branch have been
paying subscription but not taking part in any activities due to inertness of
the branch leadership.

The
Nagpur Federal Executive Meeting held on 22nd March 2012 had
appealed upon the members to contribute. Rs. 200/- from the arrears of enhanced
qualification pay for sharing by units- (Rs. 50/), branches (Rs.50/-), Central
Headquarters of AICAEA (Rs.100/-) and Fede- ration Headquarters (20% of total
amount accumulated in Headquarters of AICAEA) and Rs. 500/- from the arrear due
to grant of increment before pay fixation under revised pay from 01-01-2006 for
sharing by units (Rs. 100/-), Branches (Rs.200/-), Central Headquarters of
AICAEA (Rs. 100/-), federation headquarters (20% of total amount accumulated in
headquarters of AICAEA) and Rs.100/- could be remitted to Confederation of
Central Government Employees and Workers).

It
was reported in the meeting that headquarters has so far received contributions
against arrear qualifications pay from two Mem- bers of PAO, Central Excise,
Madurai unit, West Bengal Branch and partially from Mumbai Branch only. Rest is
yet to respond. However, some of the Federal Executive members have reported
that, collections have already been started in their Branches.

The
meeting requested all units/ members to remit their due contributions
immediately and directed the Branches to send the share of Central Headquarters
within 15th November 2012.

Agenda Item No9.Misellenaous.

Different federal
Executive members while participating in the discussion referred many issues
relating to the members of their respective Branches/stations. Secretary
General assured that all such issues have been recorded in the minutes register
of the meeting and shall be taken up with the authorities concerned..

Next All India
Conferences are to be held at Kolkata. Representatives of West Bengal Branches
have informed that they are preparing for conferences and soon they shall form
the Reception Committee, for the Conferences. In the meeting for formation of Reception
Committee Secretary General shall be invited.

Thereafter
the meeting was declared over by the President with request of implementing the
decisions of the meeting whole heartedly. .